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Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) in Scotland have a new Kinship Care e-bulletin out. It contains useful news and links for kinship carers and people who support and advise kinship carers. Make sure to check...

See the programme of events for Kinship Care Week 2019 here: A4-Eposter. Events will be running across Scotland throughout the week, from 18th – 22nd March. Follow us on social media for updates, using the...

Enquire – the Scottish advice service for additional support for learning – has made these helpful infographics for parents and carers who want to know how to respond when their child has been excluded from...

You can now read the latest Kinship Care Newsletter from Citizen Advice Scotland here: Winter 2018 Kinship Care newsletter It includes information about upcoming Spring events for Kinship Carers in Scotland and other useful information.

Child Poverty Action Group in Scotland have published an updated factsheet for kinship carers about universal credit. You can access it and check it out here: CPAG-scot-factsheet-Kinship-care-UC-Nov-2018

On Thursday 7th June, members of Grandparents Parenting Again attended the Midlothian Volunteer Awards. They had been nominated in the category of Long Service to Volunteering Award, along with four other nominations. Unfortunately for the...

SCRA has produced a new short film aimed at young people. The film shows a Pre-Hearing visit in the hope of encouraging more children and young people to request one before their actual Hearing. The...

My Rights, My Say is a new service that supports children with additional support needs to exercise their rights. The service is delivered in partnership by Enquire, Children in Scotland, Partners in Advocacy and Cairn...

The Scottish Government has launched a consultation on the Review of Part 1 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 and related matters including aspects affecting children hearings . The consultation covers a wide range of...

The Scottish Collaboration for Public Health Research & Policy (SCPHRP) has created a free relaxation skills resource for kinship carers. If you, like many other kinship carers, experience high levels of stress, then this is...